South AfricaDJ Maphorisa is an Afro House act from South Africa, ranked #126 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 5,200,000 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #2 in South Africa and #4 in Afro House among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 6% over the 7 weeks we have tracked them, from 4.9M to 5.2M. They have 4,656,481 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 70/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “MONEY CONSTANT”.
Who DJ Maphorisa is
Themba Sekowe (born 15 November 1987), known professionally as DJ Maphorisa, is a South African DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. As a record producer with a blend of house music, gqom, amapiano and afropop, he has worked with and has received production credits from several notable artists, including Wizkid, Sizwe Alakine, Kwesta, Uhuru, Drake, Black Coffee, Major Lazer, Runtown, C4 Pedro, TRESOR, Kabza De Small,Focalistic, Era Istrefi, Mpura, Young Stunna and Killer Kau. He was signed to Kalawa Jazmee Records prior to establishing his own record label, BlaqBoy Music. He rose to stardom after producing several hit singles for artists of multiple music genres, such as Uhuru ("Y-Tjukuta"), Kwesta ("Ngud'"), Busiswa ("Lahla"), DJ Zinhle ("My name Is"), Professor ("Jezebel") and Shekinah ("Suited").
Biography from the DJ Maphorisa article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for DJ Maphorisa, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
MONEY CONSTANTSOUTH GIDI · 2025752
Abantwana Bakho (feat. Thatohatsi, Young Stunna & Nkosazana Daughter)NGOMOYA · 2025683
Lwetse (feat. DJ Maphorisa & Mluusician)DJ Maphorisa · 2026674
ParticulaMajor Lazer Presents: Give Me Future (Music From & Inspired by the Film) · 2017515
AbaleleDJ Maphorisa · 2021636
Bang'bonile (feat. Djy Vino, Mbuzi & Seun1401)DJ Maphorisa · 2026627
Asibe HappyDJ Maphorisa · 2021618
Ngibolekeni (feat. Seun1401, LeeMcKrazy, Blxckie, Pcee, Madumane & Kabelo Sings)DJ Maphorisa · 2025619
Dlala Ka Yona (feat. Focalistic, Ricky Lenyora, Uncool MC & Mellow & Sleazy)ROUGH DANCE · 20256010
Imithandazo (feat. Young Stunna, DJ Maphorisa, Sizwe Alakine & Umthakathi Kush)Isimo · 202360Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
MOKWEPA (feat. Focalistic, Ftears, Ch'cco, Seun1401 & Mbuzi)2026 · single
Bhanoyi (feat. Dj Maphorisa)2026 · single
HEY YOU SI-BU-SI-SO (feat. Myztro, Debow Taliana & Mr Pilato)2026 · single
Kings Will Rise2025 · albumNGOMOYA2025 · albumROUGH DANCE2025 · album
IZiTHA2023 · album
Chukela2023 · album
The Konka Mixtape : Sweet & Dust2023 · album
Ba Straata2022 · album
Scorpion Kings Live Sun Arena2022 · album
Tintswalo2021 · albumPost this ranking
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does DJ Maphorisa have?
DJ Maphorisa has 5,200,000 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Oct 5, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is DJ Maphorisa's world ranking?
DJ Maphorisa is ranked #126 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is DJ Maphorisa from?
DJ Maphorisa is from South Africa, where they rank #2 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does DJ Maphorisa make?
DJ Maphorisa is categorised as Afro House in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as amapiano, private school piano, gqom, 3 step.
Snapshot from the week of Oct 5, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.